Cardiac Monitor Technician PRN Days

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans is seeking a Cardiac Monitor Associate to support telemetry monitoring and patient care on our acute care units.

You will observe heart rhythms, document findings, and coordinate with nursing staff to ensure accurate monitoring and timely responses. The role emphasizes compassion, teamwork, and adherence to central monitoring policies, contributing to a high-quality patient experience.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Cardiac monitor training or 1 year EKG tech experience.
• American Heart Association BLS/CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Observe and verify waveform quality on telemetry patients to prevent data loss.
• Assign telemetry transmitter patients and assist electrode placement with proper skin prep.
• Select leads, monitor tracing, and check battery function/replacement needs.
• Notify nursing staff of baseline rhythm; document and investigate signal loss or lead issues.
• Provide continuous rhythm surveillance per central monitoring policy and escalate as needed.
• Maintain rhythm strips and monitoring logs for audits and records.
• Interpret EKG rhythms and rates, supporting unit quality initiatives.
• Contribute to team efforts for timely patient care and throughput.

Skills

EKG interpretation

Telemetry observation

Data documentation

Team communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Cardiac monitor training or 1 year EKG tech experience

Tools

Telemetry equipment

Job description

Your job is more than a job.

On the front line of heart health care, as a Cardiac Monitor Associate, your training has prepared you and compassion motivates you. Observing, listening, and detecting, you're amazed by the heart and the technology that keeps it going.

Spotting that “needle in a haystack” comes in handy as you analyze data and detect outliers from your patients' cardiac monitors, documenting and reporting abnormal patterns, addressing telemetry equipment issues, and maintaining supplies.

Technology without heart is just an empty canvas. You love being the artist that completes the picture and makes a difference in patients’ lives every day. And we love that you about you.

Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, and your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this essential nursing support role.

Your Everyday

• Observe cardiac monitor for proper waveform on each telemetry patient, prevent the loss of signal and ensure accurate capture of potential cardiac events.
• Assign telemetry transmitter patients and assist the staff in establishing/maintaining electrode placement using proper skin preparation.
• Select the lead for monitoring and ensure an acceptable tracing, check battery function/replacement batteries.
• Identify and notify the nursing staff of baseline cardiac rate and rhythm, document with a rhythm strip, investigate loss of signal or apparent lead disconnection with the nursing staff.
• Provide continuous surveillance of cardiac rhythm in accordance with the algorithm established in the central monitoring policy, notify the staff nurse of a rhythm change, activate the rapid response or code blue team, as indicated.
• Maintain rhythm strips, monitoring logs in accordance with the central cardiac monitoring policy and as evidence by random audits of the logbooks.
• Interpret EKG by analyzing and recording atrial and ventricular rates and rhythms.
• Participate in unit initiatives and quality improvement.
• Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient.
• Contribute to the team by assistingothers without being asked.

The Must-Haves

Minimum

• High School Diploma/GED
• Completion of cardiac monitor training course or 1 year experience as an EKG tech or monitoring cardiac rhythms
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification (CPR, BLS)

Work Shift

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.